Synthesis, molecular characterization and self-assembly of (PS-b-PDMS)n type linear (n = 1, 2) and star (n = 3, 4) block copolymers

Prokopios Georgopanos; Ting-Ya Lo; Rong-Ming Ho; Apostolos Avgeropoulos

doi:10.1039/C6PY01768A

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Synthesis, molecular characterization and self-assembly of (PS-b-PDMS)_n type linear (n = 1, 2) and star (n = 3, 4) block copolymers†

Prokopios Georgopanos,^abc Ting-Ya Lo,^c Rong-Ming Ho*^c and Apostolos Avgeropoulos*^a

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^a Department of Materials Science Engineering, University of Ioannina, University Campus – Dourouti, Ioannina 45110, Greece
E-mail: aavger@cc.uoi.gr

^b Institute of Polymer Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Str. 1, Geesthacht 21502, Germany

^c Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, Republic of China
E-mail: rmho@mx.nthu.edu.tw

Abstract

Well-defined linear (n = 1, 2) and star (n = 3, 4) architecture [polystyrene-b-poly(dimethylsiloxane)]_n or (PS-b-PDMS)_n block copolymers were synthesized by anionic polymerization and using various chlorosilanes as linking agents. The self-assembly of the novel synthesized copolymers revealed that microphase separation for the star-block copolymers is significantly influenced by entropy constraints due to the increased number of junction points.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C6PY01768A
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 10 Oct 2016
Accepted: 22 Nov 2016
First published: 23 Nov 2016

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Polym. Chem., 2017,8, 843-850

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Synthesis, molecular characterization and self-assembly of (PS-b-PDMS)_n type linear (n = 1, 2) and star (n = 3, 4) block copolymers

P. Georgopanos, T. Lo, R. Ho and A. Avgeropoulos, Polym. Chem., 2017, 8, 843 DOI: 10.1039/C6PY01768A

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